“At a time when you stay at the top, there is no explosion of happiness - happiness is experienced when everything remains in front of you, when you know that you have to a goal a few hundred, a few dozen meters when you are right in front. This is the time of happiness.” KnowsGoalFrontsHundredRemainsDozenExplosionsMeter Author:Jerzy Kukuczka
“One of my favorite places is the Maldives, an all-Muslim nation in the Indian Ocean with a culture that stretches back 5,000 years. But since the highest point in the archipelago is a meter or two above sea level, even the next hundred are not guaranteed. They've committed to becoming the first carbon-neutral nation on Earth by 2020, building windmills as fast as they can.” YearsFirstsTwoEarthCultureNextNationsLevelsSeaBuildingBecomingOceanHighestHundredMy FavoriteCommittedIndianCarbonMeterFavorite PlacesWindmillsMaldives Author:Bill McKibben
“Isn't that someone we know?" asked Horace. He pointed to where a cloaked figure sat by the side of the road a few hundred meters away, arms wrapped around his knees. Close by him, a small shaggy horse cropped the grass growing at the edge of the drainage ditch that ran beside the road. "So it is," Halt replied. "And he seems to have brought Will with him.” KnowsSeemsSidesGrowingFiguresArmsHundredHorseEdgesGrassKneesRanSatHaltMeterGrass GrowingDrainage Author:John Flanagan
“Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.” ThinkingRunningHundredMilesRacistMarathonMeterRincewind Book:The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel Source: The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel